Separating Fact from Fiction About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
For most people, separating fact from fiction when it comes to understanding mental health disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) poses a real challenge. “It just makes her excessively clean; that’s not a bad thing.” “So, what if he’s a little uptight? Doesn’t everybody have their quirks?” These are just two of the many misconceptions that exist in people’s minds regarding living with the disorder. It [...]
Finding Healing and Learning to Cope with Disenfranchised Grief
We all experience grief at some point, and this universal experience darkens our doorsteps in various ways. Grief is never easy, regardless of how it comes to us. Losing something or someone that meant something to you can trigger a lifelong process of coming to terms with that loss. Grief can be harder to process when it isn’t acknowledged, validated, or supported by your family, [...]
Help for Menopause and Anxiety in Vancouver, WA
We are aware of the process of menopause. It is a time in a woman’s life when hormones shift, and she stops menstruating. Instead, she prepares to begin a new life full of adventure for her third act. We may be surprised to learn that during the time of menopause and the years preceding (perimenopause), various symptoms can creep up. These symptoms can include insomnia, [...]
How Good Mental Health Encompasses All Aspects of Life
Good mental health defines positive well-being. It is the feeling that although upsetting events may happen, you can weather the storm and come back stronger than before. It is emotional resilience. When you strive for good mental health, all aspects of your life fall into line: cognitive (mind), physical, and social. As a Christian counseling company, we also feel that the spiritual facet of [...]
The Benefits of Premarital Counseling for Mature Couples
Typically, when people think of premarital counseling – a type of counseling where two members of a couple attend sessions together to prepare for marriage – they think of young lovers who are just starting out in life. However, premarital counseling has plenty to offer couples at a different, more mature life stage. What Premarital Counseling in Vancouver, WA Covers Premarital counseling can help [...]
Relationship Advice for Women: What Every Woman Needs to Know Before Dating
Navigating the dynamics and complexities of present-day romantic relationships can be a daunting task. Romantic movies and novels often paint a picture of a happy forever after, which leaves many women yearning to find a similar connection for themselves. Read this article for helpful relationship advice for women.Curated and filtered social media posts with a couple of goal hashtags also add to this dynamic. Filters, [...]
Who is Couples Therapy For? Making the Most of Couples Counseling in Vancouver, WA
One of the most enduring types of stories is that of two people finding one another, against incredible odds, and finding someone who resonates with their soul. Finding someone who loves you and with whom you can build a life is a gift. This precious gift needs nurturing, as there are different ways a relationship can lose its way. Couples therapy is a tool [...]
Anger in the Bible: Gleaning Wisdom for Dealing with a Complicated Emotion
Many experiences are common to all people. Under certain circumstances and conditions, we cry, laugh, love, and feel loved, and we feel angry. These experiences won’t all look the same, and we might not describe them in the same way, but they are common to the human condition. Anger is a common emotion that comes up again and again in our daily experiences, so it’s [...]
Why Women Have Affairs and How to Prevent One From Happening
There are many reasons why women have affairs. One of the major contributing factors, however, is an emotional void in their marriage relationship that leads them to look for understanding and validation somewhere else. Common Character Traits of Women Who Have Affairs Women who have affairs tend to be self-focused, impulsive, emotionally immature, insecure, suffer from low self-esteem, and need constant validation and approval. [...]
5 Ways to Show Love to Your Spouse This Week
As newlyweds, it may be easy to show affection to your spouse. Since it is new, love is easier to express to your spouse when you are newly married. This is because the relationship is still new, you are adjusting to each other’s way of life, and you don’t have the time that older relationships have had where betrayal and hurt pile up.However, people in [...]